Fran Lebowitz
American author, public speaker, and social commentator known for her sharp wit and incisive views on contemporary culture, politics, and the idiosyncrasies of modern life.
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Dr Grace Abbott
American social worker and an influential advocate for children’s and immigrants’ rights in the early 1900s whose work significantly shaped social welfare policies in the United States.
Chrodielde
Ambitious French nun in the 500s
Elizabeth Eyre Pellet
American actress, suffragist, and state legislator in Colorado.
Rita Childers
Irish civil servant and community activist
Harriet Browne
New Zealand political hostess, community leader, letter-writer
Rona Bailey
New Zealand communist and an organiser of protest movements, particularly against the Vietnam War, apartheid and racism.
Mary Anderson
New Zealand politician
Agnès Sorel
Influential French royal mistress
Adela of Normandy
Catholic saint and countess of Blois, Chartres, and Meaux